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San Benito High School District trustees unanimously appointed Adrian Ramirez as principal out of closed session at the board meeting this week, confirmed Superintendent John Perales.

Council members Monday unanimously approved a $57,500 allocation toward the Hollister Downtown Association for economic development activities.

The local Lucky manager was honored by the company as the outstanding manager of the year in the chain, according to a press release from the company.

After taking action at a meeting designed just for discussion Monday—the mayor's appointment of committee members to examine medicinal pot issues—the Hollister council will reconsider the same matter in light of the apparent open meetings violation.

Hollister council members Monday are set to consider a contract with Roadshows, Inc. to promote the 2016 motorcycle rally in early July.

Editor's note: Pinnacles Peek features will run monthly in the Free Lance Lifestyles section as a new partnership with Pinnacles National Park, which provides the content.

The new Pinnacles Peek features will run monthly in the Free Lance Lifestyles section as a new partnership with Pinnacles National Park, which provides the content.

Scott Erdman has lived with cancer longer than his son, Ryan, has been alive. And that’s saying something since Ryan is 28 years old. Erdman, who was in Hollister recently to give a sermon at First Presbyterian Church, has survived six cancerous brain tumors and 15 surgeries spanning a 35-year period living with the disease.

The country-themed mural off San Benito Street in downtown Hollister started with a handwritten letter to a private property owner more than 600 miles away in Idaho.

City of Hollister and San Benito County officials are looking to find a joint resolution on pot.